Ohkay Owingeh Christmas Dances 2024. โ held each year on christmas day, the matachine dances at ohkay owingeh, also known as san juan pueblo, are a dramatic and colorful sight. Ohkay owingeh (formally san juan pueblo) spanish dance drama los matachines and pine torch procession.
At dusk on christmas eve, mysterious matachine dancers can be seen at the pueblo of ohkay owingeh in northern new mexico near the town of espanola. โ the traditional cultural dances performed by many of new mexico’s pueblos around christmastime are deeply personal rituals of prayer and expressions of gratitude, but they’re often wide open to.